SharePoint 2010 SP1 - Site Recycle Bin

SharePoint 2010 SP1 - Site Recycle Bin

One of the cool new features introduced in SharePoint 2010 SP1 is the Site Recycle Bin feature.

Earlier, the only way to restore deleted sites and site collections required to restore the appropriate content databases. But from SP1 onwards, deleted sites can be recovered from the Site Recycle Bin.

Deleting and Restoring Sites (SPWeb)

When users delete a site, they are presented with the following page:

As you can see from the message, the entire site including its contents, permissions are sent to recycle bin.

When you click Delete, you are prompted with another message box, which may be confusing:

Even though it says the site will be deleted permanently, it is not.

Hit OK and be happy!

If you are a PowerShell user, you can use the Remove-SPWeb cmdlet to delete the web instead of the UI. Just use the –Recycle parameter:

Nice Article . Question is for how long site collections will be available to restore? while they are deleted where do they reside/stored ? I think deleted sites will be availbale as per the recycle bin settings and they are stored in the recycle bin when deleted .